When it comes to the face (body) paint, I would urge splurging on nicer paint brushes. We purchased a set from the Dollar Store and while they worked, they were stiff and did not leave a clean line (if that makes sense). But D enjoyed painting the back of his neck.

While we were at the Dollar Store, we also picked up a little ball and bat. Mainly to see if we could get D interested in baseball. He did think it was funny when ever B hit the ball with that bat. D enjoyed throwing the ball and even seemed to enjoy swinging for it. All and all we had a nice little afternoon.

I only made two colors, because I only had two repurposed containers with snap lids. But that turned out to be a moot point since D decided to dunk the containers into the water. Before that happened D seemed to enjoy taking large globs of paint and putting it on the tub walls. I’d say it was a success!

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And yes there is some paint on D’s back. That’s from me. Since it was made with baby body wash/bubble bath I thought it would be a colorful way to wash D during his bath.

My cousin in-law tried a diy recipe for cloud dough or moon sand for her daughter. She used flour and baby oil (as I’m sure many have seen in the different pins on Pinterest). I wanted to replicate her activity for D. However I didn’t have any baby oil and didn’t really want to pay the prices I found. So I went to Pinterest and found several pins using flour and vegetable oil. Eureka! We already had vegetable oil at home, plus if D decided to try and eat it then it would be safe.

D seemed to enjoy the activity. His favorite was to pick up the sand/dough and let it fall out while he opened and closed his hand. At one point he even stepped into the bin or sand/dough. Definitely something I would try again.

Of course all of this artwork and outside play took only an hour of our day. But I definitely would try all this again. Like I mentioned above, I’d like to find bigger paper or a sheet for the finger paint. I also saw on the http://www.funathomewithkids.com webpage an article on shaped chalk that I would like to try. I originally found both pages on Pinterest.

I’ll have to look into more. It’s supposed to be in the 80’s this weekend, so it would be nice to enjoy some of the sunshine. Do you have any favorite outdoor activities for little ones?